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| Picture No | 10219085 |
| Date | 1871 |
| Description | Explosion in the Avenue Rapp; Paris Commune 1871 |
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A scene of devastation in Avenue Rapp, Champs Elysees, during the Paris Commune fighting, 1871. This image shows the scene as soldiers run for cover, with one soldier holding a lifeless child in his arms. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government, which led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards.
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| Source | Engarving in 'The Illustrated London News', 3 June 1871, page 556 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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